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Home My WebLink AboutCC Res 7178 2021-07-26RESOLUTION 7178 A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MV CHENG & ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR TEMPORARY STAFFING ASSISTANCE SERVICES WHEREAS, on March 31, 2021, the City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement (Agreement) with MV Cheng & Associates, Inc. in the amount of $30,000 to provide temporary staffing assistance services to the Finance Department. NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Seal Beach City Council does hereby resolve: Section 1. The City Council hereby approves Amendment No. 1 dated July 26, 2021 to the Agreement dated March 31, 2021 between the City of Seal Beach and MV Cheng & Associates, Inc., to provide for additional temporary accounting services to be provided under the Agreement and to increase the compensation paid to Consultant under the Agreement, as amended, to a total not -to -exceed amount of $75,000, as set forth in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a regular meeting held on the 26th day of July, 2021 by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Kalmick, Varipapa, Moore, Sustarsic, Massa-Lavitt NOES: Council Membe ABSENT: Council Members ABSTAIN: Council Members 4wm� Joe Kalmick, Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS CITY OF SEAL BEACH } I, Gloria D. Harper, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution 7178 on file in the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 26th day of July, 2021. EXHIBIT A IIV CULNG & .ASSOCIATES Municipal Value Consultants June 28, 2021 City of Seal Beach 211 Eighth St. Seal Beach, CA 90740 Dear Ms. Telford: Please accept this letter as MV Cheng & Associates Inc.'s proposal to your request for an interim Customer Service Clerk for the City of Seal Beach. My firm, MV Cheng & Associates Inc., operates as an incorporated business within the State of California, with my associates being sub -contractors of the firm. Having over 20 years of experience in municipal auditing, accounting, and finance in several cities, large and small, has allowed me to be able to lend my expertise as a finance director to cities in need of financial help. I have served as Director of Finance and Director of Finance and Administrative Services for several cities. Most recently, I served as the Interim Finance Officer for the City of Yucaipa. In addition to the cities I serve personally, my sub -contractors have worked in several cities on short and long term assignments ranging from Payroll Technician, Accountant, Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager and Finance Director as well as serving on a long term basis as contract staff. Myself, as well as all of my sub -contractors are former employees of municipal government agencies. We bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to our city clients, with a level of professionalism and understanding of the culture of the political and city office environments. With respect to the accounting services requested, I will be presenting one candidate. Below is a brief synopsis and the rate. Please refer to the resume attached for more details. • $35 per hour-Yadira Bonilla -Clayton -Over 30 years of municipal experience consisting of positions such as Customer Service Supervisor, Business License Supervisor, Data Systems Coordinator, Data Entry Technician, Data Entry Operator. MV Cheng & Associates Inc., is a unique firm in that it employs predominantly only former city/special district employees to work as sub -contractors in various cities on either a temporary/interim basis to long term contract staff. We bring a wealth of municipal knowledge and expertise in financial accounting that only city employees possess, yet we are consultants that can fill a void or bring change and improvement to a city's finance department. The goal of MV Cheng & Associates Inc. is not to make a huge profit, but to help cities with their needs in the finance department at competitive rates. Thus, MV Cheng & Associates Inc. are Municipal Value Consultants! Thank you for taking the time to consider my proposal for accounting assistance for your City. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (925) 963-9996 or email me at: mcheng@mvchengassociates.com Sincerely, '/Y Misty V. Cheng President & CEO L' YADIRA BONILLA-CLAYTON Profile Skills Hands on Supervisor dedicated to providing excellent customer service, maximizing operation efficiency, employee development, and the safeguarding of revenue finances. Twenty plus years experience in both public and private sector from entry level to management. • Employee Development • Budget Administration • Maximizing efficiency • Interact with governing bodies • Public Relations • Financial Record-keeping • Debt collection, cash balancing and reconciliation • Fluent in English and Spanish Employment History CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERVISOR 1 1/ 2002 TO 04/2021 City of South Gate Supervise staff engaged in business license and water staff receiving and processing 15,000+ tap water service payments. Assist and provide recommendation in the preparation of division budgets, maintain and expand professional relationship with water agencies, public, staff and governing entities. Coordinate and conduct field inspections and audits of businesses for proper licenses and compliance with applicable regulations. Recommend revisions to City business licensing ordinances; develop forms and procedures for investigation and collection of fees and taxes. Respond to customer inquiries in person and by phone, explain utility regulations and procedures. Resolve more difficult customer/ credit complaints and/or set up of payment plans. Oversee the cash receipts and daily financial record keeping; prepares and coordinates a variety of work reports and records. All other related duties as required. BUSINESS LICENSE SUPERVISOR 03/ 2002 TO I l/ 2002 City of South Gate Plan, organize schedules and supervise staff engaged in business license. Determine priorities and make staff assignments; review and inspect work performed. Train and evaluate subordinate staff. Approve time off and maintain employee vacation and leave requests. Respond to inquiries in person and by phone providing explanation of license and permit application process; assist business owners with permit application processes determine license liability, tax classification and collect taxes. Coordinate with other City departments' prosecution of delinquent owners through the court system; collect and analyze evidence for complaint preparation. Maintain relationship and correlate work with city officials. All other related duties as required. BUSINESS LICENSE COORDINATOR 01 / 1995 TO 03/2002 City of South Gate Coordinates, supervises and participates in the collection of revenues from business licensing, hospitality and accommodations taxes, insurance and telecommunications taxes, and other sources. All other duties as required. DATA SYSTEMS COORDINATOR 10/ 1989 TO 01/ 1995 City of South Gate Supervise and participate in the operation of data processing in the Finance Department. Train and evaluate subordinate personnel. Assist in solving problems regarding use of data processing equipment and developing statistical and financial reports. All other duties as required. DATA ENTRY TECHNICIAN I I/ 1986 TO 10/ 1989 City of South Gate Input variety of data, run reports, balance and input source documents. Calculate various monthly reports, classify code data for entry. Perform system backups, water adjustments, opening and closing of water accounts and assist in staff training. All other duties as required. DATA ENTRY OPERATOR 08/ 1986 TO 1 1 / 1986 City of South Gate Data entry, running reports, operate mail machine. Deliver mail to post office and maintain monthly total on postage. All other duties as required. Accomplishments • Performed in-house audits, in which last one brought in $36,000 in revenue. • Trained, promoted and assisted career growth with numerous employees within my span of control. Education SOME COLLEGE COURSES 1980 Compton College Compton, CA East Los Angeles College mamg yparl�CA Cerritos College Norwalk, CA GENERAL EDUCATION 1978 South Gate High School South Gate, CA Related Coursework Attend numerous workshops and seminars related to customer service over 20 year career. Professional Affiliations • Commissioner - South Gate Youth Commission • Treasurer - South Gate Multi -Cultural Women's Club u